A five-week strike over new deals at a major mobile crane company's three depots has ended in what the CFMMEU has described as a "great victory", the ASX-listed employer informing the market this morning that it is already speaking to clients about "updating" its prices.
A leading lawyer and academic has called for an overhaul of workplace bullying laws to extend cover to social media accessed at home and give the FWC power to award compensation.
The ACTU has been brought in to mediate a heated waterfront demarcation dispute between the CFMMEU's MUA maritime division and the AMOU over coverage of workers at Melbourne's Webb Dock "robo-terminal".
An FWC full bench has split over when an agreement is "made" and whether bargaining can continue or must re-start if the tribunal refuses to approve it.
The push to criminalise so-called "wage theft" by employers might be a less effective deterrent than an increased number of civil prosecutions, according to a new academic paper.
Fashion designer Alex Perry failed to give a long-serving patternmaker/sample machinist sufficient time to lift his performance when allegedly sacking him one work day after formally notifying him of concerns, the CFMMEU will argue in conference before the FWC next week.
An ASX-listed company says it expects its former chief executive to hit it with a compensation claim of more than $500,000 if he proves it sacked him for lodging an ASIC complaint and accusing staff of financial impropriety, but the employer maintains it ousted him over performance issues.
Annual growth in private sector rates of pay has continued its incremental rise over the past two years to outstrip falling cost of living figures, according to ABS WPI data released today.
